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Chapter 4 85
Assembler Directives and Pseudo-Operations
.EXPORT Directive
.EXPORT Directive
The .EXPORT directive allows symbols to be defined in one program and
used in other programs.
Syntax
.EXPORT symbol [ , type][, argument-description] ...
Parameters
symbol The name of an identifier whose definition is being
exported or imported.
type A linker symbol type that can take one of the following
values:
ABSOLUTE Designates an absolute symbol.
In PA-RISC 2.0W (64-bit mode)
ABSOLUTE symbols map to
STT_NOTYPE with a section index of
SHN_ABS.
DATA Designates a data symbol.
In PA-RISC 2.0W (64-bit mode) DATA
symbols map to STT_OBJECT.
CODE Designates a code location. The
location can not be a procedure entry.
In PA-RISC 2.0W (64-bit mode) CODE
symbols map to STT_OBJECT.
ENTRY Designates the entry point of a
procedure.
In PA-RISC 2.0W (64-bit mode)
ENTRY symbols map to STT_FUNC.
MILLICODE Locates code for the entry point of a
millicode routine.